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Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Respectability, n. The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.
Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
Sabbath, n. A weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.
Erudition, n. Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.
Abstainer, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
Loquacity, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.
A penny saved is a penny to squander.
Road, n. A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to go.
Bride, n. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
Heathen, n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and feel.
Love Quote
Few people know what they mean when they say, "I love you." ... Well, what does the word love mean? It means total interest. I think the reason very few people really fall in love with anyone is they're not willing to pay the price. The price is you have to adjust yourself to them.
Happiness Quote
There is only one way to be happy, and that is to make somebody else so.
Life Quote
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
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